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John Corbett

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353 Spedding Hall
The Ames Laboratory
Ames, IA 50011-3020
Phone 515-294-3086
Fax 515-294-6789
Email jcorbett@iastate.edu

Research Interests

  • Exploratory solid state synthesis
  • Polar intermetallics and Zintl phases, structure and bonding
  • Relationships of approximants and quasicrystals
  • Metal-metal bonding

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(Chronologically most recent on top)Education

  • Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of Washington, 1952
  • B.S. Chemistry, University of Washington, 1948

(Chronologically most recent on top)Honors & Awards

  • 1985 A. V. Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, 1985

DOE Awards:

  • 2007 Terrae Rarae Award
  • 2005 F. H. Spedding Award in Rare-Earth Research
  • 1995 Sustained Outstanding Research
  • 1992 National Academy of Sciences
  • 1987 Outstanding Scientific Accomplishments in Materials Chemistry

ACS Awards:

  • 2008 F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
  • 2000 Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry
  • 1988 John C. Bailar, Jr. Medal
  • 1986 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 1986 Inorganic Chemistry
  • 1985 Midwest (ACS) Award
  • 1984 Iowa Medalist Award (ACS)

(Chronologically most recent on top)Publications with the Ames Laboratory

2012
Samal S L; Corbett J D . 2012. Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding Analysis of the Polar Intermetallic Phase Ca2Pt2Cd. Zeitschrift Fur Anorganische Und Allgemeine Chemie. 638:1963-1969. abstract
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Samal S L; Lin Q S; Corbett J D . 2012. Two Homologous Intermetallic Phases in the Na-Au-Zn System with Sodium Bound in Unusual Paired Sites within 1D Tunnels. Inorganic Chemistry. 51:9395-9402. abstract
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Lin Q S; Smetana V; Miller G J; Corbett J D . 2012. Conventional and Stuffed Bergman-Type Phases in the Na-Au-T (T=Ga, Ge, Sn) Systems: Syntheses, Structures, Coloring of Cluster Centers, and Fermi Sphere-Brillouin Zone Interactions. Inorganic Chemistry. 51:8882-8889. abstract
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Smetana V; Miller G J; Corbett J D . 2012. Three Alkali-Metal-Gold-Gallium Systems. Ternary Tunnel Structures and Some Problems with Poorly Ordered Cations. Inorganic Chemistry. 51:7711-7721. abstract
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Provino A; Mudryk Y; Paudyal D; Smetana V; Manfrinetti P; Pecharsky V K; Gschneidner K A; Corbett J D . 2012. Crystal structure of Tb5Ni2In4 and Y5Ni2In4, and magnetic properties of Dy5Ni2In4. Journal of Applied Physics. 111:07e122. abstract
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Gupta S; Corbett J D . 2012. BaAuxZn13-x: Electron-Poor Cubic NaZn13-Type Intermetallic and Its Ordered Tetragonal Variant. Inorganic Chemistry. 51:2247-2253. abstract
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Smetana V; Corbett J D; Miller G J . 2012. Four Polyanionic Compounds in the K-Au-Ga System: A Case Study in Exploratory Synthesis and of the Art of Structural Analysis. Inorganic Chemistry. 51:1695-1702. abstract
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2011
Ge M H; Corbett J D . 2011. Crystal structure of triytterbium pentastannide, Sn5Yb3. Zeitschrift Fur Kristallographie-New Crystal Structures. 226:445-446. abstract
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Corbett J D . 2011. Intermetallic Studies and Bonding Concepts. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. :3821-3822. abstract
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Samal S L; Corbett J D . 2011. Relativistic Effects and Gold Site Distributions: Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding in a Polar Intermetallic Na(6)Cd(16)Au(7). Inorganic Chemistry. 50:7033-7039. abstract
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